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The Cork and Kerry Diabetes and Heart Disease study: a report to the Department of Health and Children and the Southern Health Board. |
Department of Health (DoH); Creagh, Don; Neilson, Stuart
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The primary aims of the study were:
I. To estimate the prevalence of major card iovascular disease
(CVD) risk factors, including Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus,
in the general population of males and females
between the ages of 50-69 years.
2. To estimate the proportion of individuals in this age group
at high absolute risk of cardiovascular disease events
(Heart Attack and Stroke!. defined on the basis of pre-existing
cardiovascular disease or as defined by the framingham CVO
risk equations [lJ [2].
3. To assess the perlormance of two widely used Coronary Heart
Disease (CHD) risk-scoring charts in this population (The
Sheffield Table [3) and The Cardiac Risk Assessor Chart [4]).
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Keyword(s):
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HEALTH SERVICES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; STROKE AND TIA |
Publication Date:
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1997 |
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Type:
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Report |
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Peer-Reviewed:
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Unknown |
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Language(s):
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English |
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Institution:
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Lenus |
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Publisher(s):
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Department of Health and Children and the Southern Health Board. |
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First Indexed:
2016-04-23 07:04:17 Last Updated:
2017-05-12 06:13:48 |
